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John and Pat Jordan scrapbook, 1949 to 1956
A scrapbook focused on John and Pat Jordan's hydroplane boat racing careers. John Jordan and Patricia Dodds Jordan started racing hydroplane boats from the late 1940's to the mid 1960's. Both held...
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Fannie Garrettson
These two photographs shows Fannie Garrettson. Garrettson was a singer and entertainer who performed at the Long Branch saloon in Dodge City, Kansas and other cow towns across the Great Plains. She is...
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Governor John Carlin and First Lady Karen Carlin, Rose Prade, Pasadena,...
This photographs shows Kansas Governor John Carlin and First Lady Karen Carlin along with Idaho Governor John Evans and First Lady Lola Evans at the Rose Prade in Pasadena, California.
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Hillsboro Orphan Home
This photograph shows the dedication of the Orphan's Home in Hillsboro, Kansas. Kansas Governor E.N. Morrill's visited the orphanage called Gnadenau Village, on October 6, 1896. The governor is third...
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Mrs. Lucinda Todd papers
The Lucinda Todd papers document her activities during the civil rights movement, including her involvement with Brown v. Board of Education and information about Martin Luther King, Jr. The papers...
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Major Cases - Brown vs Board of Education, box 1
The first box of files from the Kansas Attorney General's office concerning the Brown v Board of Education case. Includes incoming and outgoing correspondence amongst various state Attorneys General,...
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Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company depot, Shawnee, Oklahoma
This colored slide shows the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company depot, designed by, Charles Whittlesey, in Shawnee, Oklahoma. The depot still stands but is no longer in use.
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Ramona and John Carlin
This photograph shows Ramona and John Carlin holding the "Topeka Daily Capital " newspaper. The masthead reads " Kassebaum, Bennett win for GOP." The paper projected an early win for Republican Nancy...
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Probate Court Ledger
The probate court ledger (Volume H) includes judgments related to cases heard at the Saline County Probate Court, some presided over by August Bondi, a probate court judge in Saline County from 1876...
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Bill Proctor papers
The Bill Proctor papers consists of 7 posters relating to boxer Bill, or Billy, Proctor's boxing events. The events took place in across Kansas, including Topeka, Salina, Beloit, Concordia, and Smith...
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Spirit of 1776 patriotic train, Richmond, California
This set of colored transparencies show the "Spirit of 1776" patriotic train in Richmond, California. In November of 1972, the train left from Richmond, California and traveled across the county...
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Saturday Night Literary Club Log Book
Bound book containing meeting minutes and memberships between 1884 and 1888. The Saturday Night Literary Club was a fraternal organization located in Topeka.
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Jess Willard
A photograph of Jess Willard. Willard, a St. Clere, Kansas, native, was a professional heavyweight boxer and world heavyweight champion from 1915 to 1919. Willard was also known as the "Pottawatomie...
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Jess Willard in "The Challenge of Chance"
A photograph of a film poster for "The Challenge of Chance" staring Jess Willard. "The Challenge of Chance" was a silent feature film, now considered lost. Jess Willard, a St. Clere, Kansas, native,...
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Jess Willard and Floyd Johnson boxing match
A photograph of the heavyweight boxing match between Jess Willard and Floyd Johnson.Jess Willard, a St. Clere, Kansas, native, was a professional heavyweight boxer and world heavyweight champion from...
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Jess Willard training for match with Floyd Johnson
A photograph of Jess Willard training for a heavyweight boxing match against Floyd Johnson. Jess Willard, a St. Clere, Kansas, native, was a professional heavyweight boxer and world heavyweight...
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World's Champion Jess Willard
A headshot photograph of Jess Willard. Willard, a St. Clere, Kansas, native, was a professional heavyweight boxer and world heavyweight champion from 1915 to 1919. Willard was also known as the...
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Kansas Centennial, Santa Fe Trail Reride
Photographs of the Santa Fe Trail Reride event held in 1961 as part of the celebration of the Kansas Centennial. These photos were taken in Council Grove on May 10, 1961.
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Kansas Centennial, Santa Fe Trail Reride
Photographs of the Santa Fe Trail Reride event held in 1961 as part of the celebration of the Kansas Centennial. These photos were taken in Council Grove on May 10, 1961.
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Kansas Centennial - Herington, Santa Fe Trail Reride
photographs of the Santa Fe Trail Reride taken in Herington, Kansas. The Santa Fe Trail Reride was an event held in 1961 as part of the celebration of the Kansas Centennial.
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